07/05/2018
Charlotte Yates is a very well respected musician, songwriter and composer who has forged an individual path in NZ music that’s seen her endeavours include a still growing catalogue of seven solo releases. She has composed ...
19/03/2018
Last year Salina Fisher became the youngest ever composer to win the SOUNZ Contemporary Award, at the 2016 APRA Silver Scroll ceremony. Any thoughts that her win may have been a quirk of luck were removed in September this ...
12/02/2018
If the music quiz challenge was to name one artist/band that has tipped the NZ music industry up in 2017 and given it a bloody good shaking, then the answer would have to be Alien Weaponry. Lorde may have introduced us all ...
22/01/2018
Shifting from the thrust of hip hop to lush soundscapes, spoken word to soulful waiata, Ria Hall’s debut album also moves across battle lines, languages and centuries. Including input from numerous contemporaries, the conceptual ...
15/01/2018
It’s been a busy 2017 for Upper Hutt native Maaka Fiso. Named the best male solo artist at the 2016 Waiata Maori Music Awards he released two EPs, ‘Written In The Stars’ and ‘Moeke’, in June and July this year – ...
14/04/2021
Te Māngai Pāho is seeking applications for their Breakthrough Music Project Funding. This contestable funding opportunity supports the recording and promotion of reo Māori multi-song projects. Priority is given to ...
10/03/2021
APRA have announced the 14 songwriters who will be taking part in SongHubs Ōtautahi | Christchurch in late March. Curator Delaney Davidson will be supported by guests Julia Deans, Troy Kingi, Tami Neilson and Jol Mulholland. Each ...
24/02/2021
Local music play on NZ radio has hit the highest peak since record-keeping began, reports NZ On Air. According to the NZOA, the Radio Broadcasters Association and Recorded Music NZ, several records for radio airplay and chart ...
25/01/2021
On the weekend Stuff.co.nz published a carefully-researched article by Alison Mau that has highlighted sexual harassment and exploitation in the upper echelons of the local music industry. Read the article here. As a ...
21/12/2020
NZ On Air Music and Te Māngai Pahō have announced the recipients of their initial round of Waiata Takitahi - the new co-fund collaboration between the funding agencies for songs with a minimum of 25% te reo Māori lyrics. Congratulations ...
